Say goodbye to CONSOL Energy Center, and say hello to the PPG Paints Arena. When the puck drops for the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, the home of the defending Stanley Cup champions will have a new name. We're ready to paint it black and gold. #PPGPaintsArena pic.twitter.com/LKQgEMXho8 — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 4, 2016 Tuesday, it was announced that PPG and the Pittsburgh Penguins had reached a 20-year naming rights deal — and that the name change will take effect ... Read More
Pittsburgh finalist to host World Junior Championships
Pittsburgh has been named a finalist to host the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship. The prestigious tournament features 10 teams of players under the age of 20. Most NHL players, including the Penguins' Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury, represented their country at the WJC. The other four finalists are St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Buffalo, New York and Tampa, Florida. The tournament is held in late December and early January every year, with the 2018 tournament ... Read More
Consol ‘No Energy’ Center
A topic that keeps going around Pittsburgh is the lack of energy coming from the home crowds at Consol Energy Center. The Penguins young facility that seats more than 18,000 and rarely ever sounds like there is that many people there. What might have been more pathetic than the Penguins actual performance last night was the sad attempts of the crowd trying to get a “Let’s Go Pens” chant. Granted they were not playing well but the home team has to be able to feed off its home crowd in some ... Read More